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HAPPY 35th ANNIVERSARY STAMPIN’ UP!

For their 35th anniversary, Stampin’ Up! chose to celebrate by sending a home office team member to 35 demonstrator gatherings around the world – 35 for 35!

One of the Australian events was hosted by the Paper Angels leaders – Liz Collett, Anna Wheaton and Bec Ross.

When I received my invitation, I signed up straight away. It had been quite a while since I had spent time with Em, our South Pacific DDM for New Zealand and Queensland. I was fortunate enough to see/hear Kevin when I was in Vienna last year.

One of the first things I did was to make my name tag following the event’s theme of Coral & Jade.

I was so pleased to be afforded the opportunity to present two product display boards. I will share these projects over the next couple of weeks.

Here are a few photos of Kevin and Em from the event.

Kevin shared information with us several times during the day. I loved the image of Em as M from James Bond!

Durig the day Kevin and Em helped hand out Prize Patrol goodies and joined in with the make and take projects at various tables. It was great to have them sit and chat and share their stories.

If you look in the background of the image of Kevin crafting, below, you will see an amazing 35 photo collage that Liz created.

I’m sure that everyone had an amzing day.

This is the swap card I created for this event.

This is the 3D project that I made for my swaps. It is an origami diamond shaped ornament – perfect for a Ferrero Rocher or Lindt chocolate.

Finally, these two images are of my Merry, Bold & Bright display.

I made sure that I had ordered the Falalala Holiday Mug Duo to compliment my display. These two mugs looked great with their cello bags of Lindt chocolates.

I hope that you like the look of my display.

Over the next couple of weeks I will share each project and give you some more details about them.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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TIME FOR ANOTHER GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT CHALLENGE

This week’s #GDP412 is a CASE challenge. The source of inspiration for this challenge is a card created by WIlma de Korte, one of the talented GDP team members from the Netherlands.

HINT – CASE = Copy And Selectively Edi

Each time there is a CASE challenge we are reminded that we can take what we like from the design and make it our own. It might be the stamp set – the colors, the layout, the theme, the images – whatever we like that has inspired us to make a card of our own.

Here is the project this week that we can CASE this week:

I decided to turn the layout around to create a portrait tent card and chose a Christmas suite collection for my CASE submission.

I featured the Joy of Christmas Suite Collection for this CASE project.

The Pecan Pie cardbase was where I started. Then I cut two pieces of Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper for the angled layers under the Basic White top layer.

The Basic White layer had holly leaves stamped in Shaded Spruce. I adhered it to the card front, also at an angle.

I stamped some holly leaves, in Shaded Spruce, on to Shaded Spruce cardstock. Then I die cut them. I also die cut two other leaf shapes, several times, in Vellum.

The leaves were then layered and adhered together. I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the layered leaves and placed them on the card front.

The seasonal greeting was stamped with Versamark before I sprinkled Gold Embossing Powder across it. After the powder was heat set I cut the greeting and added it to the card front.I tied a bow using the gold trim from the Simply Elegant Trim duo and placed it on the leaf bundle.

I stamped some holly leaves on the card insert and back of the envelope.

Finally, I added some embellishments from the Loose Holly Gems & Sequins pack.

In the coming days I have lots of projects using the Merry, Bold & Bright Suite Collection to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below..

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Heat Tool
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Paper Snips
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GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT #GDP410 SKETCH CHALLENGE

This week’s Global Design Prject Challenge is a sketch challenge. I love these because there are so many ways they can be interpreted.

If you click on the image above, you will go to the GDP page for this challenge. You will find all the amazing projects created by the design team

For my entry I chose to feature the Warmest Heart Bundle and one of the Cheery Patterns Embossing Folders.

After cutting and folding the Basic White cardbase I added a piece of DSP from the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper.

I embossed a piece of Basic White card stock and cut it into four pieces. Each piece was adhered to the card front, at slight angles to allow the colours from the DSP to peek through.

I stamped the thermos using Blueberry Bushel and Shaded Spruce before cutting it using the Warmest Heart Dies. At the same time, I also cut two thermoses and two cups.

The sentiment was stamped in Granny Apple Green. I used dimensionals to position the stamped strip over one of the embossed panels.

The thermos was stamped inside the card and on the envelope. Finally, I added some Blueberry Bushels gems from the Tinsel Gems 4 Pack.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25